News round-up: £450m aid for councils struggling with equal pay

£450m aid for councils struggling with equal pay casesEmergency funding of £450 million will be given to town halls struggling to meet the cost of equal pay settlements for tens of thousands of low-paid women.

Most men win right to see children, study showsThe vast majority of disputes between parents over contact with children end with fathers having access, contrary to claims by campaign groups, new research shows.

‘Pledge broken’ on child mental health patientsThe government has broken a promise to stop accommodating children on adult psychiatric wards, the Conservatives said yesterday after using the Freedom of Information Act to gain evidence from NHS trusts.

Purge on Muslim clerics who turn a blind eye to the abuse of womenMuslim spiritual leaders could be denounced publicly by their own community as part of a campaign to expose imams whose silence on domestic abuse is leading to women being burnt, lashed and raped in the name of Islam.

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